Baby boomers will not accept anything less. And since there is a bajillion of them and they all vote, this was pretty much non-negotiable.
This is all a result of politicians making unsustainable promises in 1965. Everything is about cost shifting from Medicare and Medicaid.
I have yet to see any responsible analysis of what the cost per insured is for covering pre-existing conditions and allowing 26 year olds to stay on their parents’ policy.
It must be high or there wouldn’t be such a total effort to conceal.
One final question: would Ryancare legally prohibit groups of individuals from forming co-ops to pay the 30% penalty for anyone in the group waiting to sign up for health insurance who then gets sick? Since the penalty only applies for a year, the cost, say for a group of ten healthy folks, would be minimal.